I'm using a Denon S510BT right now and I'm curious what you guys think is a better upgrade. Spending the $600 for the cost of a receiver with Audyssey or upgrading speakers from the $1000 range to $2000 range and just keeping my old Denon? This is only for music.
In most cases, you're going to be much better served upgrading the quality of the speakers. Better yet, adding a second "quality" subwoofer for more even low bass coverage.
Shawn at Quest Acoustics did the design for our eventual HT in our basement. Through our discussions he said, relative to budget invest in speakers and a screen. The technologies behind each of those component change less over time. He mentioned that receivers and projector technology changes so much, he advise to focus less money in those areas (esp since I wouldn't be updating for awhile after my initial purchases). In both my receiver and projector, I bought previous models vs the current ones to save money. Even though I have the speakers in front of the screen (I'll build a false wall down the road), I bought an acoustically transparent screen now.
I'm using a Denon S510BT right now and I'm curious what you guys think is a better upgrade. Spending the $600 for the cost of a receiver with Audyssey or upgrading speakers from the $1000 range to $2000 range and just keeping my old Denon? This is only for music.
Shawn at Quest Acoustics did the design for our eventual HT in our basement. Through our discussions he said, relative to budget invest in speakers and a screen. The technologies behind each of those component change less over time. He mentioned that receivers and projector technology changes so much, he advise to focus less money in those areas (esp since I wouldn't be updating for awhile after my initial purchases). In both my receiver and projector, I bought previous models vs the current ones to save money. Even though I have the speakers in front of the screen (I'll build a false wall down the road), I bought an acoustically transparent screen now.
So, my long winded point is I agree with JD. /forum/images/smilies/wink.gif
10-25 Years? They may last that long. But I see the majority of people on here flip over there AV stuff like the latest IPhone. Or at least they want to. Buy Once? No dont fool yourself
They are very neutral and a couple reviews stated they need next to no correction, to the extent they had to double check that EQ processing was still off.
The new 700 series is coming out soon.
Of coarse no way to predict the future, but Chane is claiming they are just more of the same goodness the A series provided.
I tend to agree with the previous comments but with one caveat: it depends on how ****ed up is your room. If it's really problematic, then getting a better speaker could very well end up with the same level of dissatisfaction, while getting a nice room eq could remove most of that dissatisfaction.
I'll second this idea, your money might be best spent on treating your room depending on how bad it is. I've treated my room and bought a Denon with top of the line Audyssey and both made a noticeable difference. This allowed me to get the most out of my current speaker sub investment.
If you look at Monoprice they have high value treatments available.
They are very neutral and a couple reviews stated they need next to no correction, to the extent they had to double check that EQ processing was still off.
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Room modes, and reflections are a function of the room itself and speaker placement and MLP within the room. Room correction addresses this and is a “good thing” - regardless of how good or poor the speakers are.
Additionally some speakers have anomalies in their FR - driver integration issues etc. some of these issues can potentially be corrected by EQ. I suspect your point was, these speakers have few to none of these anomalies requiring correction.
However, without specialized equipment, or measuring the speakers outdoors, the “room” is always going to be present and you hear the combination of speaker response + room response. No way to separate them. So I don’t know how users would be able to say, the speakers “do not require correction” - especially if no measurement was involved.
What speakers does the OP have? That may help make the answer even easier? If he already has really good speakers then maybe an AVR with better room correction and features is what he needs next.
Did you listen to the Focal Aria 906 with your same receiver?
Also Bluetooth isn't the best way to stream audio, WiFi would be better. WiFi has much better bandwidth. If you had an AVR with built in WiFi you could stream via Airplay or the built in Spotify app. Every Denon above your model has WiFi.
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